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Painkiller Addiction

What a Pain to Manage Pain

Karen Firestone | Posted 04.23.2013 | Healthy Living
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Karen Firestone

The medical profession faces the dueling challenges of addressing the acute pain that accompanies almost all medical procedures and also reducing any unintentional drug addiction.

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'Addicted': Sports Injury Leads To Painkiller Addiction

Posted 09.19.2012 | TV
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"Addicted" took a look at the dangers of prescription painkillers. After suffering a knee injury playing sports, 25-year-old Lindsay became addicted t...

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Shocking Statistics About Teens And Painkiller Drugs

Reuters | Posted 07.07.2012 | Teen
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By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK, May 7 (Reuters Health) - One in eight older U.S. teenagers has used powerful painkiller drugs without pr...

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15 Percent Of NYC Doctors Prescribed 82 Percent Of All Painkillers In 2010

Posted 05.04.2012 | New York
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A new report conducted by the New York City Health Department reveals the number of opioid painkiller prescriptions is steadily on the rise, with more...

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Setting the Record Straight: Responding to the Prescripti​on Drug Abuse Epidemic

R. Gil Kerlikowske | Posted 05.22.2012 | Politics
Read More: Addiction, Public Health, Drug Policy, Drug Policy Reform, Prescription Drugs, Pain Killers, Recovery, Prescription Painkillers, Addiction and Recovery, Mental Health, Painkillers, Painkiller Addiction, Healthy Living Health News, Painkiller Abuse, Prescription Drug Abuse, Politics News
R. Gil Kerlikowske

The Obama administration has adopted a mainstream approach to the drug problem, employing a balance of public health and safety approaches to reduce drug use and its consequences. All of these policies are grounded in science and research -- not politics or ideology.

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Relieving Pain in America

Myra J. Christopher | Posted 05.08.2012 | Politics
Read More: Prescription Drugs, Chronic Pain, Prescription Pills, Painkiller Addiction, Prescription Painkillers, Chronic Pain Treatment, Politics News
Myra J. Christopher

Two important public health policy matters that require the attention of policy makers seem to be constantly in tension with one another: the under-treatment of chronic pain and the abuse of prescription medications.

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Prescription Painkillers: When They Stop Helping And Start Hurting

Michael Friedman, L.M.S.W. | Posted 05.01.2012 | Healthy Living
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Michael Friedman, L.M.S.W.

Sadly, these signs of becoming addicted to a prescription painkiller often go unnoticed. That is why it is important to monitor changes that take place after a painkiller is prescribed.

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The New Panic Over Prescription Painkillers

Radley Balko | Posted 04.09.2012 | Politics
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Radley Balko

How can we be facing an epidemic of overdose deaths wrought by too many prescriptions for painkillers and, at the same time, be facing a public health crisis of undertreated pain?

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Is California Fueling A Painkiller 'Epidemic'?

| Posted 01.09.2012 | San Francisco
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This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch. By Christina Jewett While federal authorities are calling the spike in prescription paink...

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Finally: Obama to Eliminate Narcotic Abuse!

Stanton Peele | Posted 06.20.2011 | Home
Read More: Obama Administration, Addiction & Recovery; OxyContin, Prescription Painkillers, Gil Kerlikowske, Drug Czar, Painkiller Addiction, OxyContin Addiction, Prescription Addiction, Home News
Stanton Peele

Americans are becoming more dependent on drugs, despite years -- decades -- of our War on Drugs. Somehow, confiscating marijuana, cocaine, and illicit painkillers has not reversed our addictive proclivities.

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